Benny McCoy

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: November 9, 1915 in Jenison, MI us

Died: November 9, 2011 in Grandville, MI

Buried: Grandville Cemetery, Grandville, MI

High School: Grandville HS (Grandville, MI)

Debut: September 14, 1938 (Age 22-309d, 8,525th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1941 (Age 25-323d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Benjamin Jenison McCoy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.5

1214

327

.269

182

RBI

156

OBP

.369

SLG

.381

OPS

.750

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 22	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	9	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	10	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
4	11	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
5	12	Apr 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
6	13	Apr 30	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	2	6	0	8	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14	May 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-13	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
8	15	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,1-15	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
9	16	May 3	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	17	May 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,17-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
11	18	May 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	19	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	13.1	4	4	1	9	0
13	20	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
14	21	May 10	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	22	May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	23	May 12	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	24	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
18	25	May 14	PHA		SLB	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	26	May 15	PHA		DET	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	27	May 16	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
21	28	May 17	PHA		DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
22	29	May 18	PHA		CLE	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
23	30	May 19	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
24	31	May 20	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
25	32	May 21	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	33	May 22	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	34	May 24 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
28	35	May 24 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
29	36	May 25	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
30	37	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	38	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	39	May 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	16.0	2	5	0	7	2
33	40	May 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	41	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
35	42	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 1 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	4
37	44	Jun 1 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
38	45	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
39	46	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	4
40	47	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	48	Jun 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
42	49	Jun 8 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
43	50	Jun 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
44	51	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	52	Jun 11	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
46	53	Jun 12	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	59 (5)	Jun 21	PHA		CHW	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
48	60	Jun 22 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-14	CG	48	9.0	3	7	1	11	1
49	61	Jun 22 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
50	62	Jun 24	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
51	63	Jun 25	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
52	64	Jun 26	PHA		DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
53	65	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
54	66	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
55	67	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-13	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	68	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	69	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
58	70	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	3	5	0	8	1
59	71	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
60	72	Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	73	Jul 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
62	74	Jul 6 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	7	1	10	2
63	75	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	4	0	4	0
64	76	Jul 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	77	Jul 13	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	78	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	79	Jul 15	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	80	Jul 16	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	81	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	0	1	1	0
70	82	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
71	83	Jul 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
72	84	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	85	Jul 20 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
74	86	Jul 20 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	49	13.0	1	0	1	2	0
75	87	Jul 22	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
76	88	Jul 23	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
77	89	Jul 24	PHA		SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
78	90	Jul 25	PHA		DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
79	91	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
80	92	Jul 27 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
81	93	Jul 27 (2)	PHA		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
82	94	Jul 29	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
83	95	Jul 30	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
84	96	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	97	Aug 2	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
86	98	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
87	99	Aug 3 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
88	100	Aug 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	101	Aug 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
90	102	Aug 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	103	Aug 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
92	104	Aug 8	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
93	105	Aug 9	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	106	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
95	107	Aug 10 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
96	108	Aug 12	PHA		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
97	109	Aug 13	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	110	Aug 14 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,8-11	CG	53	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	111	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
100	112	Aug 16	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
101	113	Aug 17 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
102	114	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
104	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	117	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
106	118	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
107	119	Aug 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
108	120	Aug 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	121	Aug 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
110	122	Aug 24	PHA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
111	123	Aug 26 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
112	124	Aug 26 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
113	125	Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	2	5	1	8	2
114	126	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	127	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
116	128	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
117	129	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	130	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,11-13	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
119	131	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	132	Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	2	4	2	8	0
121	133	Sep 6 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	134	Sep 6 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
123	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
125	137	Sep 9	PHA		CLE	L,7-13	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
126	138	Sep 10	PHA		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
127	139	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
128	140	Sep 12	PHA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
129	141	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
130	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	143	Sep 14 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
132	144	Sep 15	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	48	10.0	0	4	0	4	1
133	148 (3)	Sep 21 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
134	149	Sep 21 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	154 (4)	Sep 28 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-1	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
							135gm		1184.0	285	423	27	735	87